Many robots track objects by “sight” as they work with them, but optical sensors can't take in an item's entire shape when it's in the dark or partially blocked from view. Now a new low-cost technique ...

Growing up, we learn to push just hard enough to move a box and to avoid touching a hot pan with our bare hands. Now, a robot ...

Researchers found that working with a humanoid robot can change how our brains map the body, making its hand feel like part ...

image: Researchers have designed a low-cost, energy-efficient robotic hand that can grasp a range of objects – and not drop them – using just the movement of its wrist and the feeling in its ‘skin’.

The research institute Riken has developed the world’s first nursing care robot. This cute, cutting-edge robot, named RIBA, is capable of gently lifting up and moving care recipients, adjusting its ...